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Ăn Yidiș also uses the so-called ''bare copula'' (אוֹגד | Ăn Yidiș also uses the so-called ''bare copula'' (אוֹגד רוּשת׳שא ''ughăd rüșc̦ă''), deriving from an omitted ''iš'' without a following pronoun, mainly for fixed expressions like | ||
* ''efșăr lă X'' 'X can' | * ''efșăr lă X'' 'X can' | ||
** ''b'efșăr lă X'' 'X could (both past and conditional)' | ** ''b'efșăr lă X'' 'X could (both past and conditional)' | ||